Stand a Little Taller...

It is OFFICIAL! Only moments ago we measured and I have 2 kids who are taller than me...HOORAY!!!!!! That has been my hope, and now it has become a reality.

Draper Temple Open House

Saturday we were able to attend the Open House for the Draper Temple. It was a beautiful and sunny day (as you can see by our squinting in the picture). When Elijah was asked by his grandmother about his experience he first mentioned the "cookies" which were at the end of the tour, then he talked about the mirrors and other things. I guess you can tell what impresses a 6 year old the most. (ha ha)

Merit Badges

Joshua received 2 more merit badges at a Court of Honor on Sunday. He was just a couple days short of being able to receive his next rank advancement. Now he gets to start thinking about his Eagle Project.

The lure of the Photobooks

I have been very busy since the end of October scanning all of the negatives that I could find from 1988 until the present. Once I had some of those scanned I started getting all of these offers from different companies to do Photobooks at very reasonable prices. This morning I began to think about what I have done in the past 2 months:
INKUBOOK- 117 page book of my Engagement/Wedding $4.99
120 page book for my daughter $4.99
120 page book for my son $0.00

WALGREENS 6- 20 page books for emergency kits $32.00

WINKFLASH 98 page book of 1996-97 $26.00
100 page book of 1994-95 $26.00
100 page book of 2008 $26.00

SNAPFISH 20 page book about my sweetheart $6.99

HOORRAY 56 page book for my son $7.99
47 page book for my son $7.99

This adds up to almost 900 pages and less than $150 for 15 books- average it out and that is about $10 a book...which I think is a GREAT DEAL for all of the memories I now have at my fingertips that I didn't have before (because I am so behind on my scrapbooking). I will continue to post on WWW.CREATIONSBYRELATIONS.BLOGSPOT.COM when I find a great book deal and you can get in on it too. I will post some other deals there as well.
Anyway, that is what has been keeping me busy the last few months.

If you don't enter, you can't win...

"If you don't enter, you can't win" has become like a mantra to me in the past year and I guess I have encouraged my kids to follow along. Elijah won a $15 prize today from another coloring contest. (I wish they had an age category for me so that I could win a coloring contest.)